What do you think of this fight at 147? I think its a good test for Spence. Rushing Spence against 1x will be disasterous for the loser, neither really have a big following and will just be labeled as hypejobs after a loss. This fight at least will be able to tell us how Spence deals with height and movement because I am pretty sure Spence beats the Roberto Garcias of the world...
Interesting match...
Spence would at least gain a much higher level experience with Algeri as an opponent.... Victory would help justify his hype and perhaps expedite his rise to the top notch competition he's barking at... Spence would likely be the betting favorite in this matchup...
Algeri has come a long way in my opinion. I didn't think he was ready for Provodnikov... That fight was about 4 or 5 fights too soon...
He was very fortunate to win that fight, but after that he stepped in with more of the big dogs... I think he's only now in the next year coming into his potential....
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With that said, beating Spence would put him right back into the picture..
A victoy for Algeri would be something like a combination between Bobby Czyz vs Andrew Maynard and a "Fearless" Freddie Pendleton... But Czyz was much more accomplished when he took out a super hyped Maynard... And Pendleton was 14-13 when he Knocked out Roger Mayweather or when he had like 17 losses when he beat Spann to win the IBF title back in the day. He faught way too difficult competition before he was ready.
So this fight would be nice, either way you look at it.
Great fight. With Spence being flat-footed and not the fastest, I'd like to see how he deals with a durable mover like Algieri.
I have no doubt he'd win, but in what fashion? This fight would answer a lot of questions about him.
Damn good fight and a good step up and test for Spence Jr!
Want to see Algieri get off of his 2 Fight losing streak first though before jumping in again with another difficult opponent.
I agree Algeri needs to get off his losing streak, Im not an Algeri fan or hater but I was kinda hoping after Khan he fought Paulie. I think that fight made more sense than Danny vs. Paulie, couldve got Algeri off a losing streak and got him a little credibility before fighting a prospect...
This would be a great step up fight for Spence. I want to see Algieri get a win though, and he just maybe able to get it from Spence. I doubt it, but it's possible.
Yes, would be a good match right now. Spence looks a hot prospect but Algieri is better than the guys he's been wrecking. Maybe Spence can wreck Chris too, which would say a lot, but if he came up short it's likely he'd be out-crafted and not wrecked himself. Means Spence could lose a fight like that without falling apart mentally as a result of the loss, learn from it and come again.
Damn good fight and a good step up and test for Spence Jr!
Want to see Algieri get off of his 2 Fight losing streak first though before jumping in again with another difficult opponent.